Victoria University news stories

With $187 million in grants going to research across Aotearoa New Zealand, we look at a few of the tech-related projects that have been given funding.

“This course will give people the tools to understand and improve digital accessibility, whatever sector they’re in.”

The Centre will prepare students to meet the demand for talent in the cybersecurity pipeline through skill development, with technology that is at the forefront of this digital future.

VoiceQ allows students to watch a video, transcribe it, caption it, subtitle it, and dub it.

Victoria University of Wellington’s Viclink and financial services firm Booster are set to invest $10 million to develop startups.

The two institutions have an existing partnership spanning 20 years.

Staff from Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Engineering and Computer Science are currently in Samoa to spread cybersecurity awareness.

The collaboration between SAP and Victoria University (VU) aims to connect students with industry for the next generation of digital expertise.

“Partnering with AWS allows our students to work to their full potential using a suite of tools that make what they can create virtually limitless."

"He has been conducting pioneering virtual and augmented reality research, just last week he received $1 million..."

CMIC will incubate potential startups and industry pipelines to strengthen New Zealand’s computing and media ecosystem.

"They’ll also experience Chinese history, culture and language, and get to visit historical landmarks."

The Victoria Uni team’s Mind Me app an application that allows users of cloud-based accounting software to interact with a virtual assistant.

“It’s not easy to take students to Antarctica, but by filming the lectures on the ice, we can introduce students to this incredible continent."

“A lot will happen in this space in the next five to ten years, and now is the right time to progress."

EdPotential will deliver software-as-a-service products based on advanced algorithms and data analysis capability through cloud services.

Victoria University is about to take higher education around the globe in partnership with the world's top academic institutions.

“The work environment is changing. Occupations are changing, there are new sectors emerging. There's a focus on fast development and fast turnaround."

“As the use of technology accelerates, the need for qualified, capable cybersecurity professionals has never been clearer."

"We need to think very carefully how we’re going to govern multiple information flows. We have no choice but to face challenges and provide control."

"LINQ will accelerate students’ learning process, giving them access to a powerful and intuitive way to model information."

Victoria University hopes to bring together industry and open source technology to increase local innovations, through the Easy Access IP programme.

Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA) has called for more focus on providing service quality and innovation.

"This team showed they really understood the issues that employees often face, and used emerging technologies to build a truly creative solution."